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Aspects of the Cultural Concept of [Peace] in English and Polish: An Ethnolinguistic Account

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Název: Aspects of the Cultural Concept of [Peace] in English and Polish: An Ethnolinguistic Account
Autoři: Agnieszka Gicala
Zdroj: Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, Vol 69, Iss 1, Pp 75-94 (2024)
Informace o vydavateli: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2024.
Rok vydání: 2024
Témata: peace, cultural concept, ethnolinguistics, pokój, intercultural communication, AZ20-999, 05 social sciences, linguistic worldview, translation, History of scholarship and learning. The humanities, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, 0601 history and archaeology, 06 humanities and the arts
Popis: The paper aims to analyse how native speakers of English and Polish understand one of the basic cultural concepts: English PEACE and Polish POKÓJ. By juxtaposing the current understanding of these concepts with the data recorded in dictionaries, an attempt is made to catch a glimpse of what is meant by peace in English and pokój in Polish and, what follows, to reflect on them in terms of translation and intercultural communication. The study was inspired by elements of the methodology developed by the Lublin School of Ethnolinguistics for the purpose of research into cultural concepts and constructing their cognitive definitions. In particular, my analysis begins with a textual illustration that prompts the research direction, in which etymology as well as unique connotations recorded by the survey respondents are granted as much significance as the dictionary material, with attention paid to the dimension of metonymy and metaphor in the analysed cultural concepts of PEACE and POKÓJ. Comparing and contrasting the core meanings with their current shifts and extensions is aimed to help embed words in their broader linguacultural context and thus shed some light on aspects of intercultural communication, operationalised via translation.
Druh dokumentu: Article
Jazyk: English
ISSN: 2199-6059
DOI: 10.2478/slgr-2024-0013
Přístupová URL adresa: https://doaj.org/article/77575e81dcdc4dbbabb9ca95fa0079ef
Rights: CC BY
Přístupové číslo: edsair.doi.dedup.....225f704d7882c5e8baba1771c34a4b57
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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Abstrakt:The paper aims to analyse how native speakers of English and Polish understand one of the basic cultural concepts: English PEACE and Polish POKÓJ. By juxtaposing the current understanding of these concepts with the data recorded in dictionaries, an attempt is made to catch a glimpse of what is meant by peace in English and pokój in Polish and, what follows, to reflect on them in terms of translation and intercultural communication. The study was inspired by elements of the methodology developed by the Lublin School of Ethnolinguistics for the purpose of research into cultural concepts and constructing their cognitive definitions. In particular, my analysis begins with a textual illustration that prompts the research direction, in which etymology as well as unique connotations recorded by the survey respondents are granted as much significance as the dictionary material, with attention paid to the dimension of metonymy and metaphor in the analysed cultural concepts of PEACE and POKÓJ. Comparing and contrasting the core meanings with their current shifts and extensions is aimed to help embed words in their broader linguacultural context and thus shed some light on aspects of intercultural communication, operationalised via translation.
ISSN:21996059
DOI:10.2478/slgr-2024-0013